Ordinance for seniors, PWDs gains support

Juli Ann M. Sibi 11/19/2015

SEVERAL establishments  in Cebu City still don’t  grant discounts to senior citizens and persons with disabilities. To give more teeth to the national law, Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon’s proposed ordinance to penalize violators was supported in…

Seniors cash aid out this week

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2015

SENIOR citizens in Cebu City may expect to receive the next tranche of their financial assistance from City Hall within the week. “They will definitely get their financial assistance within the week because we know they’ve been…

Seniors waiting for financial aid

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/24/2015

ONE year since the provincial government promised financial aid to its senior constituents, the elderly in the province have yet to receive their share of help from the Capitol. Boljoon resident Simon Nieres, 80, said that his…

Vendors, seniors, barangay folk show up for Binay

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 10/10/2015

Roads around the Cebu Coliseum were closed to traffic starting 6 a.m. Some City Hall buses were seen ferrying people to the venue. Rally goers who entered were given attendance sheets and UNA membership forms to sign.…

Seniors, PWDs to receive cash aid this week

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/01/2015

Senior citizens in Cebu City will receive their P2,000 financial assistance from the city government on Thursday. City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas said they appropriated P120 million for the city’s 60,000 senior citizens. This is the fourth tranche…

Seniors to get cash aid next week

Nestle L. Semilla 08/28/2015

Senior citizens will receive their P2,000 cash assistance next week, the City Treasurer’s Office said yesterday. “It depends on the availability of our disbursing officers, but I’m sure it will be next week,” City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas…

Mandaue widow calls her page 1 photo ‘my crowning glory’

Apple Ta-as 02/09/2015

At 80 years old,  Zosima Seno of Mandaue City looks back with pride at a peak moment when she finished in the top 10 of  the dental board exam. That was in 1959, and the feat got…

‘Only rich seniors asked to donate to CCMC’

Flor R. Cartuciano 01/30/2015

Cebu City Mike Rama clarified yesterday that he’s not encouraging all  senior citizens to donate their cash assistance to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) project. Rather, he’s asking well-to-do senior citizens who don’t collect their share…

City’s elderly bring home P3K

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles 01/29/2015

City Hall yesterday fulfilled its promise to give its elderly residents a happy new year after it disbursed the P2,000 balance of its  welfare assistance for 2014 and the first P1,000 of its cash aid for this…

Toledo seniors get P2,500 cash aid

Rene Alima 12/23/2014

Many of them had to skip breakfast and lunch. One senior citizen  fell in a canal. Some  fainted because of the heat waiting to collect their cash allowance from the Toledo city government. They were also made…

Demand letter and a promise

12/17/2014

It’s not surprising for Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to ask why he was being pressured to announce the release date of the final P5,000 installment owed to Cebu City’s senior citizens. He can readily see a…

Cebu City elderly get P2K today

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2014

Cebu City’s senior citizens will receive another P2,000 cash assistance to be distributed in barangay gyms starting at 8 a.m. today. Acting Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas said this brings to P7,000 the total amount of cash…

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